SAN FRANCISCO'S PREVIOUS GAME

Los Angeles

San Francisco

STATS

GP

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

2018 Regular Season

105

398

47

113

22

1

5

41

45

53

3

2

.284

.359

.382

.741

Career

1144

4170

552

1276

246

9

133

635

450

563

23

9

.306

.375

.465

.840

FANTASY BASEBALL

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BUSTER POSEY NEWS FEED

Offseason surgery on his right hip could limit Giants catcher Buster Posey early in the season, but Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said Monday that Posey will return to 100 percent with time.

about 8 days ago | Associated Press

Day-to-day

Posey (hip) is making considerable progress, although he may take on a lighter workload to start the 2019 season, Kerry Crowley of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Giants catcher Buster Posey left Friday night's game at Arizona an inning after taking a foul tip off his mask. Posey singled in the third inning but left for a pinch runner after being tended to by a trainer and first base coach Jose Alguacil.

Marlins starter Dan Straily and manager Don Mattingly were ejected in the second inning of Tuesday night's game in San Francisco after Straily hit Giants catcher Buster Posey with a pitch after both benches were warned.